Modernity in medicine and hygiene at the end of the 19th century: the example of cremation

• Main Authors: Alessandro Porro (Author), Bruno Falconi (Author), Carlo Cristini (Author), Lorenzo Lorusso (Author), Antonia F. Franchini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Medicine in the second half of the nineteenth century takes on some characteristics of <em>modernity</em>. These characteristics are worthy of our attention because they help us to understand better some of the current problems of hygiene and public health. One of the topics that was mos...